Russia 1927 1/2 kopek

from the Stack's Bowers 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75341

This specimen was lot 75341 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIA. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 1/2 Kopek, 1927. Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Mint. NGC MS-63. Displaying handsome and rich glossy surfaces, this Soviet product is both fully struck and fully attractive." This type was struck by the communists 1925-28.

Recorded mintage: 45,380,000 + proofs.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM-Y75.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Harris, Robert P., Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970, Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

• 1925 ½ kopek
• 1927 20 kopeks
• 1928 ½ kopek
• Coins and currency dated 1927
• return to coins of Russia